The Troy Daily
Whig - Death & Marriage Records, 1859 - 1868
Introduction
The Troy Daily Whig was first published in 1834
by James M. Stevenson and Alex. McCall. It was
formed by the union of the Daily Troy Press and
the Troy American.
These newspaper records will be
of particular interest to Troy area genealogy
researchers since the dates of death and marriages
predate the 1880 N.Y.S. law on reporting of this
information. A number of the 6,747 death records
show the age of the individual at the time of
death and for many of the married women, the first
name of the husband is also shown. Military ranks
(Gen., Lieut., Captain, Col., etc.) are indicated
for a number of the names in both the death records
and the marriage records. Any entry with a “col.”
(small c) after the first name designates a person
of color.
Most of the 1,620 marriage records
show the residence of the bride and groom and
for those records where the bride is identified
as a “Mrs.” this is a clue that the
marriage was a second one. In a number of cases
you will be able to ascertain the maiden name
of the bride.
While 292 of the marriage records
showed no indication of residence, those records
where the residence was reported are of interest
as they show numerous cities and towns throughout
New York State as well as 24 other states and
3 foreign countries.
The numbers shown for page/column
identifies the page and column number in the Troy
Daily Whig where the death or marriage notice
was published. Death and marriage records published
in newspapers for this time period were limited
to very brief information such as the name, age
and date of death or date of marriage. If the
individual was of some prominence, then it is
possible that there may be a further story in
the paper.
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